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Strong Medicine
Richard MacAndrew


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Contents

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14

A death in Santa Cruz
A robbery
Meeting the other doctors
Talking to Martinez
Dinner with Sylvia Koning
Following Ray Molinaro
Problems
Martinez gets some answers
Catching Crocker
Meeting Crocker
A surprise appearance
Guns and mountains lions
Who killed Deborah?
Ten days later

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Characters

Deborah Spencer: an American doctor of Chinese medicine
Mark Latto: a British doctor
Tony Martinez: a detective in the Santa Cruz Police
Sylvia Koning: worked with Deborah Spencer
Ray Molinaro: worked with Deborah Spencer
Matthew Crocker: works at Keiffenheim Laboratories
Max: works for Matthew Crocker

Author’s note

The alternative treatment for Parkinson’s Disease described
in this story is based on the work of the Parkinson’s Recovery
Project in Santa Cruz, California, to which a percentage of
the royalties from this work is being donated. For more
information about their treatment procedures visit

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Chapter 1

A death in Santa Cruz

Mark Latto stopped and looked up at the white-painted
wooden house on West Cliff Drive. There are many houses
like this along the coast of California, many houses like this
in Santa Cruz. But this one was different: there was a police
car parked on the road outside. A police car outside a house
doesn’t always mean there’s trouble inside, but Latto felt the
hairs on the back of his neck stand up. Something wasn’t
right. He walked towards the front door. As he did so, it was
opened by a mountain of a man, at least two metres tall,
almost as wide as the door, and wearing the dark blue of the
Santa Cruz Police.
‘Yes?’ asked the police officer in a slow American voice.
‘I’m here to see Deborah Spencer,’ began Latto. ‘She’s
expecting me.’
‘And who are you?’
‘My name’s Mark Latto. I’m a doctor. I’ve come over from
Britain to see her.’
‘Well, you’d better come in, Dr Latto,’ said the police
officer, stepping back from the door to let Latto in. ‘I’m
afraid I’ve got some bad news for you. Ms Spencer was found

dead early this morning.’
‘Oh no!’ Latto put a hand up to his mouth. ‘How terrible!’
‘Yes,’ continued the police officer, ‘so I’m afraid you won’t
get to see her. However, a detective will be along here in a few
minutes and he may want to have a talk with you.’
‘Detective?’ asked Latto. ‘Are you saying …?’
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‘I’m not saying anything, Dr Latto,’ said the police officer,
looking Latto straight in the eye. ‘I’m just asking you to take
a seat in that room.’ He nodded at an open door on the right.
‘Someone will be with you shortly.’
Latto found himself in a light airy sitting room, with a
large window looking out over the sea. He put his sunglasses
down on a small coffee table and looked out of the window.
It was a lovely sunny March day. West Cliff Drive was busy
with joggers and people walking their dogs. Further out he
could see Santa Cruz Wharf beginning to open up for the
day. A van was taking food and drink to one of the
restaurants at the end of the wharf. A few men and women
were fishing from the side. And although it was early in the
year, there were one or two tourists walking along the wharf,
looking into the shop windows.
Latto was tall with dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was
wearing a light-coloured jacket and trousers and a light blue
shirt. He turned and looked at himself in the mirror on the
wall. Although he was in his early thirties, he looked older. It
was probably tiredness, he thought. It was ten in the morning
here in California, but his body was still on British time. He

sat in a yellow armchair near the window and closed his eyes.
Time passed.
*

*

*

‘Dr Latto?’ said a voice.
Latto woke suddenly to see a short grey-haired man in his
late fifties standing in front of him.
‘I’m Tony Martinez, a detective with the Santa Cruz Police,’
said the man, taking some paper from the inside pocket of his
old brown jacket. He found a pen in a side pocket.
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‘Hello, Detective Martinez,’ said Latto, starting to push
himself up out of the chair.
Martinez stopped him by holding out a hand. ‘Don’t get
up,’ he said. ‘I’ve just got a few questions for you.’
Latto sat uncomfortably on the front of the chair.
Martinez took a seat on the sofa opposite. His grey trousers
looked old. So did his shoes.
‘Officer Seymour tells me you’re British,’ said Martinez.
‘That’s right,’ replied Latto.
‘So how is it that you know Ms Spencer?’
Latto thought for a moment before answering.
‘I’m a doctor of western medicine and she’s, she was, a
doctor of Chinese, or Asian, medicine. She had some ideas

that I was very interested in. We emailed each other about
them. And then I came out here to learn more and so that
she could teach me how to use these ideas on my patients.’
‘So how well did you know her?’ asked Martinez.
‘Well, I met her once, a couple of years ago,’ replied Latto.
‘She was in London on holiday. We had dinner one evening.
That’s the only time we actually met. The rest of the time we
just emailed each other.’
‘And can you tell me what Ms Spencer was doing that
interested you?’
Latto looked out of the window, deciding how to explain
things to Martinez.
‘You know what Parkinson’s Disease is?’ asked Latto.
‘Sure. It’s an illness that old people get. They shake a lot.’
Latto smiled.
‘Actually it’s not just old people who get it. Some young
people get it too.’
‘Oh! OK,’ said Martinez.
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‘But you’re right about the shaking,’ continued Latto.
‘Sometimes the hands and arms shake, sometimes the legs,
sometimes both. It can do other things to the body too.
Some people who have Parkinson’s find it difficult to move
parts of their body. Sometimes they can only move very
slowly. Sometimes they find it difficult to move parts of their
face. They can’t smile. A lot of different things can happen to
the body.’
Martinez was watching Latto and listening carefully. ‘And

what can you doctors do about it?’ he asked.
‘Well, western doctors can’t do much really,’ replied Latto.
‘But Deborah was trying a new way of helping people who
have this disease.’
‘I see.’ Martinez wrote something on the paper and then
looked across at Latto again.
‘When did you arrive in the States?’ Martinez asked.
‘Yesterday afternoon,’ replied Latto. ‘I got into San
Francisco at about two o’clock and drove straight down here.
Arrived about four thirty, five o’clock.’
‘How long are you staying?’ asked Martinez.
‘Well, I was planning to stay for a couple of weeks. Now –
I don’t know.’
Martinez stood up.
‘Well, you can’t leave town just yet,’ he said. ‘Anyway,
thanks, doc. That’s it. You’re free to go. On your way out tell
Officer Seymour where you’re staying. Oh – and ask me if
you do want to leave town.’ He took a card from the top
pocket of his jacket and gave it to Latto. Latto stood up too.
‘Can I ask you a question?’ he asked.
Martinez nodded.
‘How did she die?’
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‘We don’t know yet,’ said Martinez. ‘We’ll have to wait for
the police scientists to have a look at her body.’
‘But why are you here? I mean, you’re a detective, aren’t
you?’ asked Latto.
‘I’m just checking to make sure everything’s OK,’ said

Martinez. ‘I mean, nobody’s broken into the house.
Nobody’s been fighting in the house. She doesn’t seem to
have taken her own life.’ Martinez put the paper away in his
pocket. ‘It looks as if she just died. I’m sorry, but sometimes
it happens. Well, you must know that. You’re a doctor.’
Latto thought about saying something, but decided not
to. As a doctor, he knew that sometimes people did just die.
A sudden heart problem or something like that. It
happened, but it was unusual. And it was very unusual if the
person was a healthy, happy forty-two-year-old woman, in a
caring profession, and with everything to live for. For the
second time that day he felt the hairs on the back of his neck
stand up.

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Chapter 2 A robbery

Latto was staying at the Ocean View Motel. It was on the
side of a small hill opposite the end of the wharf. His room
was halfway up the hill and looked out over the sea. It was a
large room, with a double bed, a desk, a television and a
cupboard. There was also a small kitchen and of course a
bathroom. Outside his room there was a small plastic table
and a couple of chairs. He could sit there in the sunshine and
see the wharf and the beach.
Latto got back to his room about midday. He lay down on
the bed and slept for a while. Afterwards he sat at the table
outside his room, thinking about Deborah Spencer. He

remembered her as a friendly and intelligent woman. She had
been surprised that Latto, a doctor of western medicine, was
interested in her work. But once she realised that his interest
was serious, she was happy to share some of her ideas with
him by email. It was terrible that she had died, and in such a
strange way too. He hoped the police would find out what
had happened.
Latto couldn’t decide what to do about the next two weeks.
He knew that Deborah Spencer worked with two other
doctors in Santa Cruz – Ray and Sylvia. He knew their first
names, but nothing else about them. Should he try and find
them, and talk to them? He couldn’t leave until Detective
Martinez allowed him to, so it seemed like a good idea.
Perhaps Martinez would know who these other doctors were.
Latto could ask him tomorrow.
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At about six o’clock Latto started to feel hungry. In front
of his motel and right next to the end of the wharf was
Casey’s Bar and Grill. He had eaten there the evening before.
It was a large friendly place, with good food and good service.
Latto went in and was given a table by a window. He ordered
a steak and a margarita. While he was eating, he thought
back over the day and realised that he had left his sunglasses
on the coffee table at Deborah Spencer’s house. It was
possible the police were still at the house so he decided to
walk up there after he had finished his meal.
He left Casey’s shortly after eight and started to walk up
West Cliff Drive. The beach was empty, but out in the sea

some of the sea lions that lived under the wharf were playing
together. Latto climbed the hill past the Coast Santa Cruz
Hotel and stopped when he reached Deborah Spencer’s
house. There was a white Dodge parked on the road in front
of the house. Police scientists, thought Latto, probably still
looking at things in the house.
The front door to the house was open a little, so Latto
pushed it wide and walked in. Everything was quiet.
Latto called out, ‘Hello!’
He stopped and listened for a few moments. There was no
reply. He looked into the sitting room. There was no-one
there. On the left of the front door was the dining room.
That was empty too. Latto looked up the stairs. He thought
he heard a noise.
Again he called out, ‘Hello!’ And he started up the stairs.
At the top, he stopped and listened again. Nothing.
There were four doors to choose from. The one on the left
was half open and led into an office. Latto had just begun to
move towards the door when suddenly it was thrown wide
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open and a young man almost ran out of the room. He
looked angry. Under his left arm he was carrying a laptop
computer, in his right hand was an empty plant pot.
‘Who are you?’ he asked, but he didn’t wait for an answer.
His right hand came up fast, flying towards Latto’s head. By
the time Latto realised what was happening it was too late.
He was able to turn his head a little to the right, but not far
enough. The plant pot hit the side of Latto’s head hard and

broke into pieces. Latto fell back and his head hit the wall
with a sickening noise. His world went dark.
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*

*

‘Dr Latto. Are you OK? Hey! Wake up! Are you OK?’
Latto felt awful. His head felt as if it was full of small stones
and they were all going round and round inside it. He opened
his eyes to discover Detective Martinez looking down at him.
‘Hey! Doc. Are you OK?’
‘Do I look OK?’ asked Latto.
Martinez smiled a little. ‘Well, to tell you the truth, doc,
you look terrible,’ he said.
‘Thanks.’ Latto got to his feet with difficulty and brushed
his clothes down with his hands. He moved slowly over to a
mirror on the wall and looked in it as he felt his head very
carefully.
‘How does it feel?’ asked Martinez.
‘It hurts,’ said Latto, ‘but I think I’ve been quite lucky.’
‘Good,’ said Martinez. ‘So, tell me, what happened?’
Latto met Martinez’ eyes in the mirror.
‘I left my sunglasses here this morning by mistake. I
thought the police might still be here so I came back to get
them. The front door was open and I walked in.’
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‘And?’ asked Martinez.
‘I called out a couple of times, but no-one answered. I was
sure there was someone here because there was a car outside.
I thought it must be the police scientists still working.’
‘Right,’ said Martinez, looking at Latto carefully.
‘Well, I came up the stairs and someone came out of that
room – the office, is it? – and hit me over the head with a
plant pot.’ Latto showed Martinez the pieces of pot. ‘He
probably found it in the room and picked it up to hit me with.’
Martinez took out some paper and a pen.
‘Can you describe the person who did it?’ he asked.
‘I certainly can,’ replied Latto. ‘He was medium height,
wearing old jeans, a black T-shirt and a baseball cap, and he
had a gold ear-ring in his left ear.’ Martinez took notes.
‘He had a laptop under his arm,’ Latto went on. Martinez
made another note.
‘I think he was on his own,’ Latto added. ‘I didn’t see
anyone else. Or hear anyone for that matter.’
Martinez pushed his fingers back through his hair.
‘It’s probably some kid,’ he said. ‘Some clever kid who saw
the police cars earlier and realised the house was going to be
empty tonight. Thought he could steal a few things and
make a bit of money. You’re at the Ocean View Motel, aren’t
you? I’ll send someone round to show you some photos
tomorrow afternoon. See if you can pick anyone out.’
‘OK,’ said Latto.
‘Let me get a police car to take you to the hospital now so
they can check you over,’ said Martinez.
‘Thanks,’ said Latto, ‘but I’ll just walk back to my motel
room. I’m OK. I just need to lie down. Some aspirin and

some sleep is probably all I need.’
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‘OK,’ said Martinez, laughing to himself a little. ‘You’re
the doctor.’
As he walked back down West Cliff Drive, Latto thought
about the man with the ear-ring. A death and then a robbery
in the same house on the same day … it couldn’t just be
chance.

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Chapter 3 Meeting the other doctors

The following morning Latto woke up with a terrible
headache. He took a couple of aspirin and made himself
some coffee. He put on a light blue shirt and some jeans, and
sat outside his room. As he looked down on the beach, he
could see a few people already playing volleyball. Over to the
right, in front of the Coast Santa Cruz Hotel, there were
about twenty surfers out on their surfboards. Life here was
very different. His hometown of Melrose in the south of
Scotland was small compared to Santa Cruz. It wasn’t by the
sea and the weather was often cold and wet, especially at this
time of year. He smiled to himself and thought about why he
was here. There were people at home who needed him,
patients with Parkinson’s Disease who needed his help. At the
moment that was far more important than sun, sand and

surf.
Latto realised that he hadn’t checked his email since he
arrived. He went back into his room, got his computer out of
his suitcase, started it up and got onto the internet. Emails
were just starting to appear when there was a knock at the
door. He went and opened it.
A young woman and an older, rather unhappy-looking
man were standing outside. The woman spoke first.
‘Mark Latto?’ she asked.
‘Yes.’
‘Hi! I’m Sylvia Koning and this is Ray Molinaro.’ She put
out her hand. Latto shook hands first with her and then
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with Molinaro. Koning continued, ‘We work, well, we
worked with Deborah Spencer. She told us all about you.
We’ve just been with Detective Martinez. He said you were
staying here so we thought we should come along and
introduce ourselves.’
Sylvia Koning was in her late twenties. She had long
brown hair tied back, clear grey eyes and a nice smile. She
was wearing dark blue trousers and a pink shirt. Ray
Molinaro was probably in his late thirties. He was wearing a
white T-shirt, jeans and light brown boots. He had thick
black hair and there were dark circles under his eyes.
‘Well, it’s nice to meet you,’ said Latto. ‘Actually I was just
trying to decide how to find you. Deborah talked about
working with two other doctors. I knew you were called Ray
and Sylvia, but she didn’t tell me anything else about you.

But then, I never thought …’ Latto stopped talking. Nobody
spoke for a moment. Then Latto said, ‘It’s a terrible business,
her death, but … anyway, sorry, please sit down.’
They sat at the table outside Latto’s room in the warm
Californian sunshine.
‘It’s so sad about Deborah,’ began Latto. ‘Are the police
saying any more about what happened?’
Molinaro spoke for the first time. He had a high, rather
thin voice.
‘Yes,’ he said, ‘the police scientists believe that Deborah
had a heart problem and she just suddenly dropped dead.
That’s what Martinez told us this morning.’
‘Strange,’ said Latto, shaking his head. ‘I only met her once
a couple of years ago, but she seemed so healthy, so full of life.’
‘She was,’ said Koning. ‘And it is strange – but sometimes
these things happen.’
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‘Yes,’ said Latto. ‘True.’
It was quiet for a moment. Then Molinaro spoke.
‘Detective Martinez said you’d had some trouble yourself last
night.’
‘That’s right,’ replied Latto, and started to explain about
his visit to Deborah Spencer’s house in the evening. As he
described what had happened with the man with the earring, Koning’s hand went up to her mouth.
‘Oh no!’ she said. ‘Her laptop! The book! You say the man
stole Deborah’s computer?’
‘What? Yes.’ Not understanding, Latto looked from
Koning to Molinaro and back.

‘Deborah was writing a book,’ explained Molinaro. ‘It was
a book about what we do: our work with our patients, what
helps them, what doesn’t help them, and so on.’
‘Oh! I see,’ said Latto. ‘She hadn’t told me that. But are
you saying the book was on her computer?’
‘Yes,’ said Koning, ‘and that was almost certainly the only
copy.’
‘But there must be other copies,’ said Latto, ‘on CD or paper.’
Molinaro shook his head. ‘There aren’t. She wanted to
finish it first, then make copies for Sylvia and me to read.
That’s what she said. I told her to copy it onto a CD from
time to time in case her computer broke down or someone
stole it. But I’m sure she never did. She just didn’t worry
about things like that.’
Koning put her head in her hands. ‘I can’t believe it,’ she
said. ‘All that work – just gone.’
Molinaro looked at his watch, then at Latto. ‘I’m sorry,’ he
said. ‘I’ve got to leave. I’ve got some patients waiting for me.
Could I use your bathroom before I go?’
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‘Sure,’ said Latto, and waved a hand towards the open
door of his room. Molinaro stood up and went into Latto’s
room. Latto sat quietly, thinking that a lot of people, like
Deborah Spencer, didn’t keep copies of important things that
they had on computer. Koning was looking out at the ocean
and shaking her head slowly.
Latto looked at her and said, ‘But you and Ray could write
the book again, couldn’t you?’

Koning shook her head. ‘It would take years. Deborah
knew so much more about how to help patients than either
of us. We were still learning from her. All the time.’
Molinaro came back out of Latto’s room. Hearing
Koning’s last words, he said, ‘Deborah was our leader really –
she started this new way of looking at the disease. Everything
Sylvia and I know Deborah taught us. She was really the only
person who could write about it.’ Then, looking at his watch
again, he said, ‘I’m sorry. I really must go.’
Latto watched Molinaro walk down the stairs to the road,
then he turned to Koning and asked, ‘So Martinez didn’t tell
you someone had stolen the computer then?’
‘No, he didn’t,’ replied Koning.
‘So he doesn’t know about the book?’ asked Latto.
‘Probably not,’ said Koning. ‘Why? Do you think it’s
important?’
‘I don’t know,’ said Latto. He half closed his eyes in
thought. ‘It just all seems quite strange to me. Anyway, the
police are coming round this afternoon to show me some
photos. I’ll tell them about the book and see what Martinez
thinks about Deborah’s death then.’

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Chapter 4

Talking to Martinez

Sylvia Koning left a short time later, after she had agreed to

meet Latto for dinner that evening. Latto went back into his
motel room and woke up his computer. He looked at the
emails that had come in: two from old friends, one from his
bank, one from a neighbour in Britain, and then one from
Deborah Spencer.
From

Subject

Deborah Spencer Re: New ways of …

Sent
3/7/06 7:35 am

It had been sent the day he left Britain. He opened it
quickly.

Subject: New ways of helping people with Parkinson’s Disease
Date: 7 March, 2006 7:35 am
From: SPENCER, Deborah <>
To: Mark Latto < >
visit.doc

Hi Mark
I’m sending an attachment with more information about
your visit. It tells you what I’ve planned for each day and
who you’ll be working with – me, Ray or Sylvia. I’ve also
put Ray and Sylvia’s office addresses. We’re only a few
minutes drive from each other and Santa Cruz is an easy
place to drive around.

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Don’t worry – I’ve also left you some free time to have a
look at our beautiful California coast. You’ve got a free
weekend when you could either visit San Francisco or go
south to Monterey and Big Sur.
Looking forward to seeing you.
Ciao
Deborah

Latto opened the attachment and looked through it. The
programme looked interesting. He felt sad though when he
realised it was something he might never now be a part of.
But maybe Sylvia and Ray would still share their ideas with
him before he left. After all, that was why he had come here.
Sylvia and Ray’s work addresses were there too, as
promised. Latto found the map he had of Santa Cruz and
made a note on it of their addresses. He closed the
attachment, got off the internet and shut down his computer.
He looked at his watch. Twelve o’clock. His head was
feeling a bit better. He was hungry, but he had to wait in for
the police. He made a sandwich and took it outside to eat in
the sunshine. After a few minutes Martinez appeared round
the corner. He was carrying a laptop in one hand.
‘It’s a beautiful day and I wanted some fresh air so I came
myself,’ he explained, smiling. Then he waved a hand out
towards the beach and the ocean. ‘Nice place you found
here.’
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‘Good, isn’t it,’ said Latto, pushing a chair out and inviting
Martinez to sit down. ‘I’ve got some cold beer in the fridge.
Would you like one?’ he asked.
‘That’s kind of you,’ said Martinez, ‘but I’m working. A
glass of water would be good.’
Latto brought some water and then sat down next to
Martinez. Martinez opened up the computer and handed it
to Latto.
‘A twenty-first-century book of photos,’ he explained.
‘Have a look through these. Press the “down” key to go to the
next photo. Let me know if you see the man who hit you.’
‘OK.’ Latto started to look through the photos.
While Latto was doing this, Martinez spoke again. ‘You
were telling me about Parkinson’s Disease,’ he said. ‘You were
saying that western medicine can’t do much for people who
have it.’
‘That’s right,’ replied Latto, continuing to look at the
photos. ‘We have a number of different drugs we can give
people. The drugs can help the patient, but only for a few
years. After that, the drugs stop working and the patient’s
condition will be the same as before. Maybe worse.’
Martinez thought about this for a few moments.
‘Sounds bad,’ he said.
‘It is bad,’ agreed Latto.
‘So how were Ms Spencer’s ideas different?’
‘Well, I don’t know too much about it yet – that’s why I’m
here,’ said Latto, smiling at Martinez. ‘However, it seems to
work by holding the patient’s arms and legs so that they have

a chance to get better by themselves.’
Martinez looked thoughtfully at Latto.
‘And this works?’ he asked, looking surprised.
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‘For some people, yes, I believe so,’ said Latto. ‘For some
people it’s made a great difference.’ He moved down to the
last photo and then put the computer on the small table. ‘I’m
sorry,’ he said. ‘The man who hit me isn’t one of these.’
‘OK.’ Martinez drank some water and looked out towards
the beach and the wharf. Latto did too. There was a group of
men and women making music on the beach – some of them
playing guitars. There was a man with a snake round his
shoulders walking past Casey’s. This place is strange, thought
Latto – surfers, people with snakes, sea lions living under the
wharf.
‘Those two other doctors – I told them where you were
staying. Did they come round and see you earlier?’ asked
Martinez.
‘Yes,’ replied Latto. ‘And I found out something interesting
from them about Deborah Spencer’s computer, the one that
was stolen.’
‘Oh yes?’ said Martinez.
‘Deborah was writing a book, putting down all her ideas
about how to help people with Parkinson’s Disease. And
everything she had written was on that computer.’
‘But she kept another copy somewhere?’ said Martinez.
‘The other doctors – Ray and Sylvia – they say she didn’t.
She … well, people don’t always keep copies of things they

should.’
‘True,’ said Martinez, looking carefully at Latto. ‘So are
you saying that this man with the ear-ring took the computer
because Ms Spencer’s book was on it?’
‘It’s possible,’ Latto replied, ‘but I don’t know. I mean,
maybe someone wanted to steal her ideas.’
‘One of the other doctors?’ asked Martinez.
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